Went to Maui with Chester Pitts….

Short entry this one because my brain is still addled from sleep oddities.

Last week, I took a trip to Maui for Spring Break. Happened to go on the same plane as UFA guard Chester Pitts. He was flying to Maui to attend to the NFL Players Association meetings that were held there. He was in first class, the family and me not so much.

Longtime NFLer, Kevin Carter was also on the same flight. Wearing a Superman shirt. I think if I were that size, I might wander about in a Superman shirt too.

Pitts has been on planes a lot, visiting various teams including a recent visit to the 49ers. In his visit, the media of course, loved him, and he even got a phone call from former Texan David Carr pitching him to come to the 49ers. Interesting he notes the lack of a state income tax in Texas as something that may be a difference maker.

Chester Pitts is in an odd situation with his injury. He wants to rehab in an NFL facility so he wants to sign right away. But he’s not at the point where he can pass an NFL physical. Hard to structure a contract in that situation.

Pitts would like to stay in Houston, but he wants to make sure that there isn’t any money left on the table. So he is visiting with different teams. But I think he remains a Texan unless another team throws crazy money at him.

If you would like to send encouraging words to him to stay a Texan, his Twitter account is @Chester_Pitts. I think it would be nice if he could retire a Texan some day when he chooses to.

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Maui is a fabulous place. Flying back from Maui was a bit of an adventure. We took a redeye, and were almost half way back to Los Angeles, and one of the flight personnel took ill and we had to divert to Honolulu. We got home yesterday about 5:00 pm, I went to bed at around 9:30 pm and slept until 11:30 am. I can’t remember ever sleeping that long.

I can understand why people who fly crazy lengths of time and a lot might get addicted to sleep medication.

In any event, the trip made the long flight totally worth it. I hope to have some fun posts up for you soonishly.